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| Global Score | |
| 62.1 | 62.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| iOS 7.x, 6.1, 6, 5.1, 5, 4.x | iPadOS 18.x |
| 2011-03-02 | 2025-03-04 |
| 9.50 x 7.31 x 0.34 inches | -- |
| 21.62 ounces | 16.97 ounces |
| Black and White | Blue, Pink, Silver and Yellow |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 505.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 9.7 inches | 10.9 inches |
| 1024 x 768 pixels | -- |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 132 pixels per inch | -- |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 6.3 | 3.7 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A5 chipset | Apple A16 Bionic (4 nm) chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A9 (Dual-Core 1000 MHz) processor | processor |
| 512 MB RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| PowerVR SGX543 MP2 (Dual-Core 200 MHz) GPU | Apple GPU 4-core GPU |
| 8.01 | 6.3 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 7.7 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 0.70 MP + 0.30 MP | 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 1280 x 720 (30 fps) (HD) video resolution | -- |
| 6.16 | 7.92 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | -- |
| HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS, EDGE and GSM | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA |
| Micro SIM | -- |
| 3.5 | 7.6 |
| Battery Life | |
| 6944mAh Li-Polymer Battery | -- |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 8.24 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 2.1, EDR | Bluetooth 5.3 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) has a general score of 62.5, which is a bit better than iPad 2's global score of 62.1. Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) works with iPadOS 18.x OS, and iPad 2 has iOS 7.x OS. The Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) is a way newer tablet device, and it's also much thinner and much lighter than iPad 2.
The iPad 2 has an incredibly better display than Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025), although it has a quite smaller display. Apple Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) features a much bigger storage to store more apps and games than iPad 2, because it has 64 GB more internal memory capacity. Apple iPad 2 counts with a lot better hardware performance than Apple Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025), because although it has a lower amount of RAM, it also counts with an additional GPU and a greater number of cores.
Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) takes a lot better photographs and videos than Apple iPad 2, because it has a much higher 12 mega-pixels resolution back facing camera and a way bigger camera aperture to capture better captures and videos in low light environments. The Apple iPad 2 has a very superior battery performance than Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025).
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